Biography

John Ruple is an Associate Professor (Research) of Law at the Wallace Stegner Center for Land Resources and the Environment where he works on public lands and water resource management. John’s current research focuses on state efforts to control federal public lands, and empirical assessing impact reduction attributable to compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act.

Prior to joining the Stegner Center, John was a Fellow with the University’s Institute for Clean and Secure Energy, where he researched land and water issues involving energy development in Utah’s Uinta Basin. Before joining the University of Utah in 2008, John worked as policy analyst in Governor Jon Huntsman’s Public Lands Office, as an environmental attorney in private practice, and a NEPA contractor specializing in permitting for projects involving ski areas operating on National Forest System lands. John has published in the Utah Environmental Law Review, Idaho Law Review, Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, Energy Policy Journal, and Journal of Land, Resources & Environmental Law. He is lead or contributing author on seven technical reports to the U.S. Department of Energy, fifteen NEPA documents, and four published or pending book chapters.